Haynes and Sherron outrun April showers to win the Springtime 10K

The Tallahassee, Florida weather forecasts for Saturday morning, 7 April 2018, were frightening, featuring high winds and severe thunderstorms. But the dire predictions didn’t scare away Springtime 10K defending champion Chris Haynes. Haynes won his second straight title that morning, running 32:31. Katie Sherron edged Ann Centner for the top woman's spot in the race, 38:57 to 38:59 and placing fourteenth overall.

Chris Haynes

Worries about the weather caused the 8:10 AM start of the 43rd annual race to be moved to 8:00. The 10K as well as the concurrently-run 5K started in front of the Leon County Courthouse right at the newly-scheduled time. Mark Zamani, racing the 5K, dashed out in front of the field. A Florida State University undergraduate from Naugatuck, Connecticut, Zamani was still leading at the mile mark. That was about to change, thanks to Chris Haynes, a University of North Florida alumnus who works at Leon High.


“I hit the first mile in 5:16 or 5:17, probably slower than I wanted,” recalled Haynes. “The guy who was in first was kind of dying. Last year I waited till 5K to move up but this year I wanted to move up and push the pace earlier.”

Chris Haynes, Justin Garrard

Haynes moved up. By a mile and a quarter, when the athletes were headed up the Lafayette Street hill, he was in the lead. But Justin Garrard was right behind Haynes as the race turned into Myers Park. Garrard had never run the Springtime 10K before, but he had won the Tallahassee Turkey Trot 10K in 2016, running 32:01, the fastest road 10K in town that year. Haynes had run 33:29 in that race, finishing second to Garrard. Garrard had also won the 2017 Tallahassee Turkey Trot in 32:42, once again the city-leading time for the year.


“I’m not going to lie,” said Haynes. “That guy kind of scared me.”

Justin Garrard

During the next three miles Haynes continued to lead with Garrard in striking distance behind him. The two left the rest of the field far behind. With less than two miles to go, Haynes started to widen the gap.


“After like four or four-and-a-half miles I really started pushing it,” said Haynes. “I ran 4:50 for the last mile. The last mile was really fast because of the downhill.”

Charlie Johnson

Haynes roared out of Myers Park and down the Lafayette Street hill, then turned on to Suwannee Street where he crossed the finish line in 32:31. Garrard took second in 33:22. Charlie Johnson, second in the 2017 Springtime, placed third in 35:20. Mickey Moore edged Tony Guillen for first master runner, 38:42 to 38:48. Moore and Guillen were eleventh and twelfth overall.


The 32:31 was Haynes’ best time ever for a road 10K. That wasn’t the case for Katie Sherron in the women’s competition.

Katie Sherron

“It wasn’t a PR or anything, but it was my first Springtime win,” said Sherron.


In order to get that win, Sherron had to line up against Tallahassee lawyer Sheryl Rosen, a two-time women's champ at the Springtime 10K. But it was neither Rosen nor Sherron who took the early lead over the women's field. Instead, Ann Centner of Blakely, Georgia was setting the pace for the women during the first half of the race. Rosen dropped out of contact, but Sherron remained a few seconds behind Centner.

Ann Centner

“At halfway or 5K I went after her,” said Sherron.


Overtaking Center, Sherron built up a lead. With 600 meters to go Sherron was more than ten seconds ahead of Centner. But during that final 600 meters, Centner closed that gap. Sherrron prevailed on the homestretch, though, winning 38:57 to 38:59. Rosen was the third woman and nineteenth overall in 39:20. Kristen Palmer was the first woman master and tenth female finisher, 52nd overall in 45:21.

Sheryl Rosen

Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Springtime 10K

1. 32:31, Christopher Haynes (M, 25) Tallahassee, FL
2. 33:23, Justin Garrard (M, 31) Tallahassee, FL
3. 35:20, Charlie Johnson (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
4. 35:37, Jonathan Burgess (M, 25) Tampa, FL
5. 37:33, Ryan Bausback (M, 19) Sarasota, FL
6. 37:58, Ryan Truchelut (M, 32) Tallahassee, FL
7. 38:17, Chris O'Kelley (M, 24) Tallahassee, FL
8. 38:32, Brad Busboom (M, 30) Tallahassee, FL
9. 38:39, Jim Halley (M, 38) Tallahassee, FL
10. 38:40, Trevor Sununu (M, 22) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Springtime 10K

1. 38:57, Katie Sherron (F, 36) Tallahassee, FL
2. 38:59, Ann Centner (F, 26) Blakely, GA
3. 39:20, Sheryl Rosen (F, 33) Tallahassee, FL
4. 42:02, Lauren Poulos (F, 32) Tallahassee, FL
5. 42:58, Meg Ogle (F, 27) Tallahassee, FL
6. 43:41, Alyssa Terry (F, 24) Tallahassee, FL
7. 43:48, Jamila Allen (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL
8. 44:26, Erika Hango (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL
9. 45:20, Claire Igoe (F, 22) Tallahassee, FL
10. 45:25, Kristen Palmer (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL

In the 5K, Mark Zamani continued to lead and won the shorter race in 18:00. Jeff Conston of Hopewell Junction, New York was the top master runner and second overall in 18:25, while Tallahassee's Thomas Hultgren was third in 18:29.

Mark Zamani

Florida State University undergraduate Lucy Baird was the first woman in the 5K, placing fourth overall in 19:19. Tallahassee elementary school teacher Laura McDermott was the second woman and twelfth overall in 21:42. Maya Tang, a Deer Lake Middle School cross-country runner, was third in the women's standings and 22nd overall in 22:43. Holly Newell was the first woman master and the seventh female finisher in the 5K, placing 30th overall in 23:23.


776 athletes finished the 10K, while another 511 did the 5K and 102 completed the kids' mile. They were all done and off the streets when the promised rain started to fall some time after 11:00 AM. Whatever the weather chose to do at that point, the 43rd annual Springtime Road Race was already in the books.


[ Note: I edited this story on 13 April 2018 to reflect Gulf Winds Track Club's corrections in the official results of the races. --Herb Wills ]


Top Ten Men, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Springtime 5K

1. 18:00, Mark Zamani (M, 19) Naugatuck, CT
2. 18:25, Jeff Conston (M, 50) Hopewell Junction, NY
3. 18:29, Thomas Hultgren (M, 37) Tallahassee, FL
4. 19:53, Filippo Aldrovandi-Reina (M, 13) Tallahassee, FL
5. 20:44, Jackson Rowe (M, 12) Tallahassee, FL
6. 20:48, Donald Kunish (M, 42) Tallahassee, FL
7. 21:22, Andrew Wilber (M, 28) Tallahassee, FL
8. 21:30, Micah Grossman (M, 11) Tallahassee, FL
9. 21:33, Jonathan Kiros (M, 9) Tallahassee, FL
10. 21:39, Micah Wells (M, 21) Tallahassee, FL

Top Ten Women, Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Springtime 5K

1. 19:19, Lucy Baird (F, 18) Tallahassee, FL
2. 21:42, Laura McDermott (F, 38) Tallahassee, FL
3. 22:43, Maya Tang (F, 12) Tallahassee, FL
4. 22:56, Stacie Elliott (F, 35) Tallahassee, FL
5. 23:05, Leah Kiros (F, 12) Tallahassee, FL
6. 23:11, Cora Atkinson (F, 23) Crawfordville, FL
7. 23:23, Holly Newell (F, 40) Tallahassee, FL
8. 23:28, Paula O'Neill (F, 56) Tallahassee, FL
9. 24:00, Vicky Droze (F, 42) Tallahassee, FL
10. 24:00, Jennifer Farinella (F, 28) Tallahassee, FL

Springtime 10K Champions, 1976 - 2018
Date	Distance	Men	Women	Finishers
24 April 1976*	4 miles	20:30, George West,Donnie Cook	25:27, Janice Gage	106
1977	10K	31:24, Morrison Reid	40:57, Nancy McCormac	205
1 April 1978	10K	31:43, George West	38:03, Laura Ledbetter	468
7 April 1979	10K	33:10, David Ferrell	37:14, Janice Gage	658
29 March 1980	10K	32:35, Rick Swiderski	40:02, Lisa Kinch
4 April 1981	10K	32:06, Mabry McCray	37:14, Janice Gage	683
3 April 1982	10K	32:11, George West	39:56, Pam Ledbetter
9 April 1983	10K	31:21, Noel Shumann	38:15, Janice Hochstein
7 April 1984	10K	30:03, Larry Greene	35:57, Carla Borovicka	917
30 March 1985	10K	30:30, Paul Waldron	35:32, Carole Rouillard
22 March 1986	10K	31:15, Dennis Rice	37:16, Karen MacHarg
5 March 1987	10K	31:52, Jessie Close	35:30, Carla Borovicka	757
26 March 1988	10K	31:22, Paul Waldron	38:18, Karen MacHarg	760
8 April 1989	10K	30:49, Paul Waldron	37:54, Janice Hochstein	827
1990	10K	31:48, Jessie Close	38:16, Vikki Saga	913
1991	10K	32:02, Jessie Close	38:29, Paula Johnson
1992	10K	32:09, Jessie Close	37:38, Paula Johnson
1993	10K	33:11, Andy Palmer	36:54, Paula Johnson
1994	10K	32:17, Matthew Dobson	37:37, Lisa Herman	692
1 April 1995	10K	31:43, Matthew Dobson	37:27, Jane Johnson
13 April 1996	10K	32:21, Jessie Close	37:11, Jane Johnson	610
12 April 1997	10K	31:12, Juri Punda	35:30, Tamara Karloukova	847
4 April 1998	10K	31:07, Randy Hollinger	34:09, Breeda Dennehy	789
27 March 1999	10K	30:56, Muchapiwa Mazano	37:01, Sarah Docter-Williams	681
1 April 2000	10K	32:28, Muchapiwa Mazano	36:05, Anna Pichrtova	770
31 March 2001	10K	32:18, Muchapiwa Mazano	34:46, Tatyana Maslova	717
6 April 2002	10K	31:18, Conor Holt	36:40, Larisa Timchina	732
5 April 2003	10K	30:56, Joseph Zepherinus	34:52, Larisa Timchina	634
3 April 2004	10K	33:22, Caleb Carmichael	37:03, Sarah Docter-Williams	694
2 April 2005	10K	32:43, Joey Zins	36:51, Sarah Docter-Williams	758
1 April 2006	10K	33:25, Joey Zins	34:36, Vicky Gill	663
31 March 2007	10K	33:27, Matthew Dobson	37:23, Lara Shaw	867
29 March 2008	10K	31:59, Joey Zins	38:16, Sarah Docter-Williams	820
	5K	17:58, Cray Peron	23:17, Angela Gibbs	423
28 March 2009	10K	35:00, David Altmaier	38:34, Lisa Johnson	658
	5K	16:44, Daniel Lee	18:48, Allison Eagen	409
27 March 2010	10K	33:09, Chris Lake	38:23, Sheryl Rosen	850
	5K	19:14, Etienne Mazimpaka	21:58, Katherine Lindsay	686
2 April 2011	10K	32:34, Chris Lake	34:52, Pasca Cheruiyot	934
	5K	19:10, Etienne Mazimpaka	18:18, Lisa Johnson	731
31 March 2012	10K	33:29, Chris Lake	37:33, Lindsay Zeiler	905
	5K	19:02, David Witman	18:24, Lisa Johnson	809
6 April 2013	10K	31:42, Kevin Sullivan	36:05, Stefanie Slekis	993
	5K	16:48, Alex Smyth	19:24, Lisa Johnson	788
29 March 2014	10K	32:03, Kevin Sullivan	38:09, Seeley Gutierrez	716
	5K	17:50, Adam Greenstein	18:17, Amy Hines	443
28 March 2015	10K	32:59, Stephen Cox	37:30, Sheryl Rosen	986
	5K	17:31, Adam Greenstein	19:44, Alyson Churchill	709
2 April 2016	10K	34:06, Roger Schmidt	39:09, Adriana Piekarewicz	942
	5K	18:42, Nicholas Loffer	21:53, Megan Churchill	426
1 April 2017	10K	32:51, Christopher Haynes	37:21, Ani Veltcheva	909
	5K	18:36, Nick Loffer	20:53, Shannon Turner	582
7 April 2018	10K	32:31, Christopher Haynes	38:57, Katie Sherron	776
	5K	18:00, Mark Zamani	19:19, Lucy Baird	511
* The 1976 race was a four-mile run on the FSU campus.

Links:

• Complete results of the 2018 Springtime Road Race at gulfwinds.org
  
  • 10K: http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2018/Springtime10K2018.html
  • 5K: http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2018/Springtime5K2018.html
  • Mile:http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2018/SpringtimeMile2018.html
  
  
• More photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Springtime 10K
  
  • Part 1: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10111697398760963.1073742348.5215641&type=1&l=a7ecf9cb7d
  • Part 2: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10111699834694333.1073742349.5215641&type=1&l=ccb216a7c0
  
  
• Fred Deckert's photos of Gulf Winds Track Club's 2018 Springtime Road Race
  
  • 18A: https://photos.app.goo.gl/hUsOiW9i7klR81Tl2
    
  • 18B: https://photos.app.goo.gl/wtVtiCSb3BSDuXq72
    
  
  
• Trouble Afoot! coverage of past Springtime 10K Road Races
  
  
  • 2017 story, “Haynes and Veltcheva are the young winners of an old race, the Springtime 10K”
    https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/04/springtime-2017.html
    
    
  • 2016 story, “Schmidt and Piekarewicz score come-from-behind victories at Springtime”
    https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/04/springtime-2016.html
    
    
  • 2015 story, “Cox and Rosen conquer Springtime”
    https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/03/springtime-2015.html
    
    
  • 2014 story, “Sullivan and Gutierrez win at a soaked Springtime”
    https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/03/springtime-2014.html
    
    
  • 2013 story, “Kevin Sullivan is man of the season at the Springtime 10K”
    https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2013/04/springtime-2013.html
    
    
  • 2012 story, “Lake owns Springtime, makes it three wins in a row”
    https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/03/springtime-2012.html
    
    
  • 2011 story, “Laurels, not florals, for Lake and Cheruiyot at Springtime 10K”
    https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/04/springtime-2011.html
    
    
  • 2010 story, “Springtime and everything is coming up Rosen and Lake”
    https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/03/2010-springtime-10k.html
    
    
  • 2009 story, “2009 Springtime 10K, Tallahassee, Florida”
    https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2009/03/2009-springtime-10k-tallahassee-florida.html
    
    
• Ten years of Springtime 10K winners, 2007 to 2016
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/03/springtime-winners-2007-2016.html
  
  
• 2018 Springtime 10K USATF course certification map (FL11044EBM)
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL11044EBM
  
  
• 2018 Springtime 5K USATF course certification map (FL11045EBM)
  http://www.usatf.org/events/courses/maps/showMap.asp?courseID=FL11045EBM
  
  
• Springtime 10K / 5K / One mile website
  http://springtime10k.com/
  
  
• Find your next seasonal race by consulting the Trouble Afoot! calendar
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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Tristan Cravello and Lucy Baird respond rapidly at the Medical Response Unit 5K

Nobody was forecasting rain in Tallahassee, Florida for Sunday morning, 25 February 2018. So of course it rained that morning on the Florida State University campus during the FSU Medical Response Unit's ninth annual Run For Your Life 5K. Even so, more than 200 athletes showed up for the race, and the fastest of them was first-year FSU student Tristan Cravello, who covered the five-kilometer circuit of the campus in a winning 18:08. Another Florida State University undergraduate, Lucy Baird, won the women's title, placing fourth overall in 19:56.

Tristan Cravello

The light rain started to fall at 9:00 AM, just as the race got started. Brian Prisbe, a 2016 alumnus of the Sante Fe Catholic High track team, took the early lead. Prisbe, however, couldn't escape Tristan Cravello. Cravello had raced at the Trailblazer 5K the day before, but was neverthless right behind Prisbe at 800 meters as the runners crossed Landis Green. Aaron Ostler and Scott Sigrist followed farther back. As the race progressed, Cravello overtook the fading Prisbe. Sigrist, who had already left Ostler behind, passed Prisbe to move into second. Halfway through the 5K, the rain had stopped. With a kilometer to go, Cravello was setting the pace with Sigrist in second, twelve seconds back. Sigrist didn't narrow that margin and Cravello didn't widen it as Cravello ran home to win the race in 18:08. Sigrist, a 2017 alumnus of the Lake Placid High cross-country team, was runner-up in 18:20. Prisbe took third in 19:46, and Ostler was the fourth male finisher and fifth overall in 20:16.

Lucy Baird

Cravello may have raced the day before the Medical Response Unit 5K, but Lucy Baird had run the Tallahassee Marathon three weeks earlier, placing third in the women's division in 3:32:54. Baird, a member of FSU's Seminole Striders Running Club, was recovered enough from the marathon to set the early pace for the women's field in the MRU 5K. At the one-kilometer mark she was a few steps ahead of Taylor Mogavero and 2017 Medical Response Unit 5K women's champion Lauren Aronson at the one-kilometer mark. It didn't stay that close. Baird widened her lead to more than 200 meters, then kicked on the final stretch to break twenty minutes, posting a winning time of 19:56. Mogavero slipped ahead of Aronson to take second in the women's standings and sixth overall in 20:53. Aronson was the third woman and seventh overall in 21:01.


Paula O'Neill was the first master runner in the race and the sixth female finisher, nineteenth overall in 23:42. Michael Magnuson was the first male master, placing nineteenth in the men's standings and 28th overall in 25:10.

Scott Sigrist

203 athletes finished the Florida State University Medical Response Unit's 2018 Run For Your Life 5K.


Top Ten Men, 2018 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K

1. 18:07.08, Tristan Cravello (M, 18)
2. 18:19.12, Scott Sigrist (M, 19)
3. 19:45.33, Brian Prisbe (M, 20)
4. 20:15.84, Aaron Ostler (M, 18)
5. 21:28.40, Quinton Laudadio (M, 20)
6. 21:35.62, Micah Wells (M, 21)
7. 21:51.88, James Hudson (M, 19)
8. 22:40.60, Josh Keown (M, 31)
9. 22:56.81, Zachary Levin (M, 20)
10. 23:23.32, Colton Boney (M, 21)

Taylor Mogavero

Top Ten Women, 2018 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K

1. 19:55.69, Lucy Baird (F, 18)
2. 20:52.45, Taylor Mogavero (F, 19)
3. 21:00.83, Lauren Aronson (F, 21)
4. 22:58.68, Lindsay Taylor (F, 29)
5. 23:06.37, Morgan Palasti (F, 20)
6. 23:41.97, Paula O'Neil (F, 56)
7. 23:54.21, Ely Rosario (F, 39)
8. 24:26.95, Kendal Mcdowell (F, 19)
9. 24:32.72, Michelle Burr (F, 19)
10. 25:25.69, Victoria Krentz (F, 18)

FSU Medical Response Unit 5K winners, 2010 - 2018
Date	Men	Women	Finishers
20 January 2010	17:40, Raley Beggs	19:14, Katherine McMeekin	68
29 January 2011	17:47, Matt Bulecza	21:54, Kellie Gerbers	58
21 January 2012	17:53, Connor Stevens	22:53, Kate Harrison	67
26 January 2013	18:08, Connor Stevens	18:33, Sheryl Rosen	88
25 January 2014	20:27, Michael LaBossiere	21:36, Sheryl Rosen	22
22 February 2015	17:01, Gary Droze	23:39, Kaitlin Early	81
21 February 2016	16:55, Grady Smith	20:30, Sheryl Rosen	129
19 February 2017	17:46, Gary Droze	19:59, Lauren Aronson	201
25 February 2018	18:08, Tristan Cravello	19:56, Lucy Baird	203

Links

• Complete results of the 2018 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K at gulfwinds.org
  http://gulfwinds.org/raceresults/2018/FSUMRU5K2018.asp
  
  
• More photos of the 2018 FSU Medical Response Unit 5K
  https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10111485996587613.1073742343.5215641&type=1&l=63cfb331b9
  
  
• 2017 story, “Droze and Aronson wallop the field of the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2017/02/fru-2017.html
  
  
• 2016 story, “A swift Sunday for Smith and Rosen at the Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2016/02/fru-2016.html
  
  
• 2015 story, “Droze and Early grab wins at the FSU Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2015/02/fru-2015.html
  
  
• 2014 story, “LaBossiere and Rosen reign at Medical Response Unit 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2014/01/fru-2014.html
  
  
• 2012 story, “Stevens and Harrison first at First Responders 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2012/01/fru-2012.html
  
  
• 2011 story, “Bulecza and Gerbers respond well to competition at FRU 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2011/01/fru-2011.html
  
  
• 2010 story, “Victory for Beggs, McMeekin at First Responders 5K”
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2010/01/during-floridas-territorial-period-last.html
  
  
• Keep track of upcoming races in the Tallahassee region at Trouble Afoot!
  https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/search/label/calendar?max-results=1
  
  

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